How to format your references using the Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Algorithms in Operations Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Algorithms in Operations Research. For a complete guide how to prepare your manuscript refer to the journal's instructions to authors.

Using reference management software

Typically you don't format your citations and bibliography by hand. The easiest way is to use a reference manager:

Paperpile	The citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNote	Find the style here: output styles overview
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and others	The style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeX	BibTeX syles are usually part of a LaTeX template. Check the instructions to authors if the publisher offers a LaTeX template for this journal.

Journal articles

Those examples are references to articles in scholarly journals and how they are supposed to appear in your bibliography.

Not all journals organize their published articles in volumes and issues, so these fields are optional. Some electronic journals do not provide a page range, but instead list an article identifier. In a case like this it's safe to use the article identifier instead of the page range.

A journal article with 1 author

Roelfsema, P.R.: Neuroscience. Attention--voluntary control of brain cells. Science. 332, 1512–1513 (2011)

A journal article with 2 authors

Petcherski, A.G., Kimble, J.: LAG-3 is a putative transcriptional activator in the C. elegans Notch pathway. Nature. 405, 364–368 (2000)

A journal article with 3 authors

Zhang, Y.V., Ni, J., Montell, C.: The molecular basis for attractive salt-taste coding in Drosophila. Science. 340, 1334–1338 (2013)

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Tang, H., Bowers, J.E., Wang, X., Ming, R., Alam, M., Paterson, A.H.: Synteny and collinearity in plant genomes. Science. 320, 486–488 (2008)

Books and book chapters

Here are examples of references for authored and edited books as well as book chapters.

An authored book

Sue, D.W.: Overcoming Our Racism. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ (2003)

An edited book

Peng, X., Mingos, D.M.P. eds: Semiconductor Nanocrystals and Silicate Nanoparticles. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg (2005)

A chapter in an edited book

Teglio, A., Raberto, M., Cincotti, S.: Do Capital Requirements Affect Long-Run Output Trends? In: Osinga, S., Hofstede, G.J., and Verwaart, T. (eds.) Emergent Results of Artificial Economics. pp. 41–52. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg (2011)

Web sites

Sometimes references to web sites should appear directly in the text rather than in the bibliography. Refer to the Instructions to authors for Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Algorithms in Operations Research.

Blog post

Andrew, E.: Brain Cells Break Their Own DNA to Allow Memories to Form, https://www.iflscience.com/brain/brain-cells-break-their-own-dna-allow-memories-form/

Reports

This example shows the general structure used for government reports, technical reports, and scientific reports. If you can't locate the report number then it might be better to cite the report as a book. For reports it is usually not individual people that are credited as authors, but a governmental department or agency like "U. S. Food and Drug Administration" or "National Cancer Institute".

Government report

Government Accountability Office: Financing College Facilities: Factors Limit Connie Lee’s Ability to Help More Schools. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC (1995)

Theses and dissertations

Theses including Ph.D. dissertations, Master's theses or Bachelor theses follow the basic format outlined below.

Doctoral dissertation

Tillman, K.A.: Constructing the Concept of Time: Roles of Perception, Language, and Culture, (2017)

News paper articles

Unlike scholarly journals, news papers do not usually have a volume and issue number. Instead, the full date and page number is required for a correct reference.

New York Times article

(nyt), S.K.: World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Fighter Jet Scrambled To Intercept U.S. Navy Plane, (2004)

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

This sentence cites one reference [1].
This sentence cites two references [1, 2].
This sentence cites four references [1–4].

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Algorithms in Operations Research
ISSN (print)	1570-1166
ISSN (online)	1572-9214
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